“I eat, sleep and breathe it.” By Declan Rooney With joint-manager Peter Lynch on one elbow and her father Anthony on the other, 29-year-old Caoibhe Sloan is having the year of her life in charge of the Down Ladies footballers. Late last year Sloan and Lynch were put in charge of the county side, with […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Galway sharpshooter Ailish O’Reilly concurs with her manager Cathal Murray’s view that there was a lot not to like about last Sunday’s performance in defeating Limerick in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, but that in the race for at least second in Group 1, the victory was crucial. O’Reilly […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir CAMOGIE has always been important to Caoimhe Costelloe. It still is, to the extent that she is not doing handstands just yet even though the Limerick team she skippers are on the verge of securing a place in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Quarter-Finals for the very first time […]

7 years ago

Davy Fitzgerald got one of the best games out of John Mullane. Because someone told John Mullane a lie. About something Davy Fitzgerald said. And Davy knew nothing of it and said nothing of the sort. On The GAA Hour hurling show, Colm Parkinson is joined by Derek McGrath and Brendan Bugler and Cork, Waterford […]

7 years ago

Donegal v Kerry. To press the kickout or to concede it. To push up on Donegal’s dropping players or to hold your nerve. David Clifford. Michael Murphy. Stephen O’Brien. Ryan McHugh. This game has the potential to be a cracker and The GAA Hour panel were falling over themselves to give their tuppence worth. On […]

7 years ago

This one’s for you, Newcastle fans. The news has been confirmed, Steve Bruce is in. On The Football Spin on Friday, Dion Fanning and Wayne Garry joined Paddy McKenna from London to discuss how nice-guy Steve Bruce is the sort of person you’d like to go on a train journey with, but not exactly ready […]

7 years ago

“They’ll begrudge a young man from Rush following his dream?” Every Cricket person celebrated on Sunday. Every Irish sporting person should’ve been proud too. A county Dublin native reached the pinnacle of the game and joined Bobby Moore and Martin Johnson as the only men to lift a World Cup for England. Morgan came through […]

7 years ago

70 minutes from the All-Ireland final. The Leinster champions prepare for another embrace with Croke but, this time, a shot at the holy grail is the prize at the end of the fight. To that end, Colm Parkinson and The GAA Hour are on the road and the next stop is Wexford Town for a […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by AIG Ireland Test your knowledge of Ladies GAA players, see if you can get more than seven… LGFA season is in full swing right now, with the big guns coasting their way through the provincial championships. All roads lead to the deciding stages of the All-Ireland championship which will offer thrills […]

7 years ago

Brian Cody is still the master. On Corbett & McGrath, Derek McGrath is always terrified of ever overlooking Kilkenny and writing them off. And you can see why. Kilkenny surged into the All-Ireland hurling semi-finals with a second half masterclass to quash the Rebels and The GAA Hour is full of appreciation for the Cats […]

7 years ago

Kerry v Mayo as an event didn’t live up to the billing but the credentials of the home side soared. The bullied became the bullies, the pretenders became the contenders. Kerry have hit the All-Ireland series sprinting. They’re aggressive, smart and mightily skilful and Mayo were no match for them – something few predicted beforehand. […]

7 years ago

Compiled by Declan Rooney Dublin forward Niamh McEvoy sounded a warning to her teammates that they still have a lot of improving to do if they are to retain their TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship, following a show of force against Waterford at the weekend in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise. The Sky Blues ran out […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Cathal Murray was a contented figure at Kenny Park in Athenry yesterday, after watching his Galway outfit defeat Limerick by 2-12 to 1-10 and almost assure themselves of a place in the Quarter-Finals of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The result sees the Tribeswomen jump their neighbours into second […]

7 years ago

Compiled by Kevin Egan Cork, Waterford and Tipperary all secured their progression to the knockout stages of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship this afternoon when they secured home wins at the expense of Meath, Clare and Dublin respectively. Cork 3-22 Meath 1-5 Reigning champions Cork maintained their one hundred percent record when they […]

7 years ago

By Paddy Hunter Mayo 3-14 Tyrone 3-11 A Rachal Kearns goal midway through the second half at Omagh’s Healy Park proved decisive as Mayo held off a battling Tyrone to win this TG4 All Ireland SFC Group 4 opener by three points. Four missed goal opportunities in the second half came back to haunt Tyrone who […]

7 years ago

By Daire Walsh GALWAY 1-14 KERRY 1-10 Galway came from behind at O’Moore Park in Portlaoise to secure a hard-earned victory over Kerry in Group Three of the TG4 All-Ireland SFC. Trailing 1-8 to 0-1 after just 20 minutes, the Connacht champions proceeded to register an astonishing 1-11 without reply either side of half-time. Skipper Tracey […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small Just over two months after she helped Longford to a Lidl NFL Division 3 semi-final, Michelle Farrell was making her international debut for Ireland for the second time. Already capped at underage level on the soccer fields, the Colmcille club player joined forces with the Irish Banshees as they took home the honours at […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Franky Mulloy, a biomechanics lecturer at University of Lincoln School of Sport and Exercise Science, probably wasn’t far wrong when when he tweeted on Wednesday morning that the opening presentation of the College Research Showcase was most likely, “the first academic presentation ever to open with a Camogie stick in hand”. […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by AIG Insurance The brand-new jerseys Dublin will be wearing sadly won’t be around for long! It’s not as if the GAA season so far has been a quiet one, but at long last we’ve officially reached the business end of things. The hurling and camogie quarters are in sight and both […]

7 years ago

Meath is the place to be this weekend. Ireland’s newest racing festival, The Boyne Valley Racing Weekend, has been created to celebrate all things County Meath and it takes place this weekend with a festival of racing and much more surrounding the race meetings in Navan (Saturday) and Fairyhouse (Sunday.) A particular part of the […]

7 years ago

By Delcan Rooney Dublin’s bid for three TG4 All-Ireland senior titles in a row has received a setback with former Irish soccer international Siobhan Killeen ruled out for six months because of injury, while three-time All-Ireland winner Sinead Finnegan is no longer part of the Dublin panel. Both of last year’s TG4 All-Ireland senior finalists […]

7 years ago

Laois! Laois! Laois! Eddie Brennan is working wonders. They said the Joe McDonagh Cup final was bonus territory. They won it. They said the Dublin preliminary quarter-final was a bonus. They won that too. Now, they’re in bonus territory again with a shot at the mighty Tipperary. The scenes in Portlaoise will live long in […]

7 years ago

On Thursday, Colm Parkinson declared Mayo dead men walking. By Monday, he apologised. Mayo are simply better when it’s all on the line. For six years, the only team to eliminate them from the All-Ireland championship were the eventual champions and last season’s blip in Newbridge marked the first time in seven years that they […]

7 years ago

If you’ve an anonymous Twitter account and get genuinely wound up by women’s football getting some air time, sorry. But that World Cup was a roaring success. In a month, society went from some people having never watched any female football games to a packed Tramline in Dublin where everyone was glued to the final […]

7 years ago

By Jackie Cahill Cork legend Bríd Stack is relishing the prospect of another titanic TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Championship collision between her native county and holders Dublin. Should Cork and Dublin, two of the leading contenders for Brendan Martin Cup glory on September 15, top their round-robin qualifier groups and then successfully negotiate their […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney Galway 3-7 Mayo 0-9 Galway manager Tim Rabbitt lauded his side’s aggressive drive towards the TG4 Connacht SFC title for the third year in a row as they claimed the honours in the provincial final replay in Limerick. In front of a huge crowd that came in early ahead of the […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir    Fourteen years on, still going strong.            Tipperary 2-12 Clare 1-7                             Fourteen years after making her debut for Tipperary, Mary Ryan is still one of the Premiers’ prime performers, as illustrated by another tour […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by UEFA As well as tickets to EURO 2020, the prize also includes overnight accommodation in Dublin. In just under a year, Dublin is set to play host to the biggest sporting event to ever take place in Ireland. The UEFA EURO 2020 Championship kicks off next June, and Dublin’s Aviva Stadium […]

7 years ago

RTE will broadcast all of the Republic of Ireland’s Women’s National Team’s upcoming UEFA Women’s European Championship 2021 home qualifiers. Ireland will face Montenegro at Tallaght Stadium on Tuesday 3 September and Ukraine on Tuesday 8 October with both games live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. RTÉ will also have live coverage of the semi-finals […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Gemma O’Connor admits that she had to think hard before deciding to play Camogie for Cork for an 18thseason. The St. Finbarr’s legend remains one of her sport’s most influential operators, winning a record 11th All-Stars Award last November, having helped the Rebels to the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Championship in September. […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir “I, thankfully, have very few regrets in life, but there is one and it is that I didn’t enjoy it more when it was happening.” –          Pat Smullen We do not know if the Tipperary interim manager, Niamh Lillis had time to read Pat Smullen’s interview in theIrish Examiner last Saturday, as she […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small Her glittering footballing career came to a self-imposed full stop in 2017, but former Mayo goalkeeper Yvonne Byrne is still in the thick of women’s sport and she warmly welcomes its recent exponential growth. Last year’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football finals attracted 50,141 spectators to Croke Park, while this week the Women’s […]

7 years ago

GAA Hour host Colm Parkinson thinks that Galway’s midfield of Tom Flynn and Fiontan O Curraoin is a little soft ahead of their round four qualifier against Mayo this weekend.  Galway are looking for yet another win over Mayo as they bid to qualify for the second Super 8 series after last year’s inaugural group stage. […]

7 years ago

Is Frank Lampard the right man for Chelsea? Chelsea certainly think so as Lampard became the 14th manager Roman Abramovich has appointed since he bought the club in 2003. Abramovich’s restlessness and his desire for more from his managers have not prevented Chelsea being successful. Maurizio Sarri may have spent last season moving between the […]

7 years ago

Three-time All-Ireland winner Diarmuid O’Sullivan has said that Wexford won’t have enough to contend for an All-Ireland title following their Leinster championship win over Kilkenny last weekend. Wexford secured their first Leinster Senior Hurling Championship since 2004 with a three-point win over the Cats that saw the county seal their first piece of silverware under manager […]

7 years ago

Come watch the Women’s World Cup final in the company of athletes at the top of their game. Football. Some of the biggest names in sport. Pizza. What more are you after? PlayXPlay is bringing you its first live show in Dublin on Sunday for the World Cup final and host Jenny Murphy is welcoming […]

7 years ago

It’s summer time and we’ve two fresh provincial champions in studio. Donegal clinched Ulster glory on Sunday and Niamh McLaughlin made her first appearance for the county since 2016 and did so with two goals and two points. She joins Niamh McEvoy – who bagged 1-4 for herself in the Leinster decider on the same […]

7 years ago

Football’s coming home. Here we go again. England might go one further than Gareth Southgate’s troops managed last summer when they play their semi-final on Tuesday but, whether you’ve a soft spot for them or are just queuing up for the fall, there’s free pizza going, okay. PlayXPlay is bringing you its first live show […]

7 years ago

By Kieran Murphy Dublin 4-11 Westmeath 1-7 Dublin claimed their eighth TG4 Leinster senior title in a row, but the scoreline doesn’t do justice to Westmeath who only fell out of contention thanks to late goals from Niamh McEvoy and Nicole Owens at netwatch Cullen Park. Dublin recovered from the early loss of Sinead Aherne […]

7 years ago

Manchester United have reportedly agreed personal terms to sign Sevilla forward Wissam Ben Yedder. The Manchester club completed the signing of Crystal Palace defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka earlier this month, following on from the previous signing of Swansea City’s Daniel James, and they now look to make Ben Yedder their third signing according to Seville publication La […]

7 years ago

RTE pundit Anthony Daly has said that Sean Finn is one of the frontrunners for the hurler of the year award. Finn was a standout for Limerick during their 12-point demolition of Tipperary during Sunday’s Munster final as the Shannonsiders mauled Liam Sheedy’s side at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Finn’s teammate Cian Lynch won the […]

7 years ago

Deadline day is fast approaching for American GAA clubs. The divisional championships are only around the corner. All sanctions and player transfers must be confirmed and over the line by July 1. It’s business time. Who could forget the drama last year? With Mayo losing out to Kildare in ‘Newbridge or Nowhere’ on June 30, […]

7 years ago

By Conor McKenna Donegal footballer Niamh Carr name-checked Karl Lacey and Yvonne Bonner as her sporting idols growing up – and she’s delighted to have had the chance to play alongside Bonner on the Donegal team. “I always remember Karl Lacey. He was always an idol of mine, along with Yvonne Bonner growing up,” said […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Limerick have been among the great underachievers of Camogie in recent years and no-one has been more frustrated than the players themselves. For five seasons in a row they have reached the last four of the National League but failed to make the knockout stages – a last six remember – […]

7 years ago

Kellie Harrington has booked her place in the European Games final. The lightweight world champion stormed into the decider in Minsk with a unanimous decision over Sweden’s Agnes Alexiusson and she has set up a hell of a fight on Sunday. Mira Potkonen awaits the Dubliner in the bout for gold but her win on […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney Anthony Masterson is hoping that Davy Fitzgerald isn’t the only Wexford manager cerebrating this Sunday, as the county’s hurlers and ladies footballers set their sights on Leinster glory. While Masterson’s ladies team face Meath in the TG4 Leinster IFC final at 2pm at Netwatch Cullen Park, Fitzgerald’s hurlers face Kilkenny in Croke […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney Westmeath captain Fiona Claffey says her side will face into Sunday’s TG4 Leinster Ladies Senior Football Championship final against All-Ireland champions Dublin with a positive attitude – and a belief that they can dethrone the eight-in-a-row chasing Sky Blues. Only five points separated the sides when they met during the Lidl National Football League […]

7 years ago

By Michael Gallagher Galway 1-12 Mayo 3-6 Mayo manager Peter Leahy felt his side deserved to win the TG4 Connacht Ladies SFC Final, but he expects another massive test against Galway in the replay. Three goals in the second-half from Rachel Kearns, Éilish Ronayne and Grace Kelly saw Mayo turn round a four-point interval deficit, […]

7 years ago

Compiled by Daragh Ó Conchúir LEAGUE champions Galway have registered their first victory of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, beating Offaly by 3-15 to 0-6. Cathal Murray’s troops had to cede to Kilkenny last week but remain among the leading contenders for ultimate honours and though they took to the field in Lusmagh […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir It was a tough time for everyone involved in Wexford Camogie in the spring, as the Seniors began the National League without a manager and unable to field a team. This was a shocking turn of events for a county that had begun the decade by winning a second Liberty Insurance […]

7 years ago